Definition of "bruck" [bruck]

• A field-cricket. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Like the crack that bruck the bank in Multifarnham."
• "‘“Bad luck to ye,” says he, “my bones is bruck wid yer thricks; what the divil are ye doin’ wid me?”"
• "Robert, Marse Jefferson Davis 'mos' betrusted servant, is done en bruck out thick all ober wid de smallpox, en dar ain 'no tellin' how many er de President's friends en 'quaintances po'"